Babe Ruth's Own Baseball Book: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Babe Ruth's Own Baseball Book, credited to Babe Ruth, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Babe Ruth's Own Baseball Book by Babe Ruth. Read in English by Mark Harrington. This book is an autobiographical account by one of baseball's legendary names. Ruth writes about his introduction to the game in his youth in Baltimore and his career, as well as his insights into baseball. He covers his early years as an inexperienced professional player and deals with offensive and defensive baseball strategy; he also fills his book with anecdotes about many of the colorful baseball characters of his era. (Summary by Mark Harrington)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Babe Ruth's Own Baseball Book
• Author credits: Babe Ruth
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 6:02:26

Catalogue topics

• baseball
• babe ruth
• new york yankees
• baseball history
• baseball anecdotes

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter I — 19:59
2. 02 - Chapter II — 14:53
3. 03 - Chapter III — 13:23
4. 04 - Chapter IV — 15:42
5. 05 - Chapter V — 16:12
6. 06 - Chapter VI — 26:00
7. 07 - Chapter VII — 17:51
8. 08 - Chapter VIII — 19:48
9. 09 - Chapter IX — 17:13
10. 10 - Chapter X — 16:17
11. 11 - Chapter XI — 21:31
12. 12 - Chapter XII — 16:49
13. 13 - Chapter XIII — 18:34
14. 14 - Chapter XIV — 18:31
15. 15 - Chapter XV — 19:34
16. 16 - Chapter XVI — 21:10
17. 17 - Chapter XVII — 15:37
18. 18 - Chapter XVIII — 20:35
19. 19 - Chapter XIX — 17:28
20. 20 - Chapter XX — 15:20

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